Steven Martin is a veteran artist and production manager at Stern Pinball with approximately 12 years of tenure. He oversees playfield and backglass art production, quality control, and vendor coordination as Production Art Manager. Beyond production management, Martin contributes to Stern's broader creative output by creating broadcast graphics for company streams and specialized streaming graphics, and participates in licensing and development discussions.
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Phil Gullett is a former Warner Brothers animator who worked on Foo Fighters
A licensing approval meeting required 3 hours of adjustments with no visible difference in the final result
Stern's prior Scooby-Doo game has a negative history with Gary, a team member who dislikes the property
Art department manager at Stern Pinball; guest on Episode 38 alongside Greg Freres
Print art director at Stern Pinball; holds institutional knowledge about print art terminology and constraints
Co-host of Final Round Pinball Podcast; provides detailed analysis of community sentiment on Pinside; advocates for separating Robert's rhetoric from the team's efforts
Co-host of Final Round Pinball Podcast; participates in interview and design discussion
Game designer at Haggis Pinball (also referenced as 'even Steven Martin Robbins' in media article); met Harton at pinball tournaments
Listener/tribe member; contributor to Poor Man's Pinball Podcast behind-the-scenes work
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Steven Martin creates graphics for Stern's broadcast streams including vault game coverage
Steven Martin attends press checks and vendor visits to ensure quality control of playfield and backglass printing
Steven Martin has worked as Production Art Manager for 12 years
Pinball News intentionally publishes without a fixed schedule to prioritize quality over timeliness
Steven Martin operates Pinball News under NDAs with multiple manufacturers including Stern and American Pinball for coordinated article releases
Online pinball forums like Pinside enable crowdsourced speculation that often becomes accepted fact despite being unverified
The pinball industry's small size means breaking trust with manufacturers is essentially unrecoverable
Stern uses deliberate red herrings and code names for unreleased games to obfuscate information from online speculation forums
Pinball News was founded at the end of 1999/early 2000 in direct response to the Williams factory closure after Pinball Expo 99
George Gomez warned at Pinball Expo 99 that the Pinball 2000 platform would not achieve its full potential despite industry optimism
Williams built a surprise networked tournament system in three days at Pinball Expo 99 using photo ID badge scanning across 10 Star Wars Episode I machines
An anonymous group provided Steven Martin with recordings of Fox lawyers indicating no valid Predator license was granted
Stern Pinball broke the historical industry jinx preventing rereleases by enabling small-run production and re-theming of existing titles
The community response to Deep Root's delay is overwhelmingly negative (99% negative commentary)
Steven Martin traded Austin Powers pinball for The Beatles Gold with cash included in the deal
Steven Martin has been attending G-Fest (Godzilla convention) in Chicago annually for many years and befriended Chuck and Bug from Spooky Pinball there
Steven Martin works at Nationwide Children's Hospital and is involved with the Nacho Street Band raising money for the Ron McDonald House of Central Ohio
Steven Martin discovered Poor Man's Pinball Podcast through Spooky Pinball's appearance on the show
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (Standard Edition) was designed without original movie assets, forcing adaptation rather than direct integration
Elvira's House of Horhorrible (Premium Edition) is receiving ongoing code updates to add more movies to the game
Steven Martin plays trumpet in the Ohio State University Marching Band as an alumnus and has participated in the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer nine of the last 13 years
Steven Martin met Steve Richie at Free Play Florida but did not initially recognize him
Freeplay Florida is an annual three-day event in Orlando running for approximately 10-12 years
Tribe member #2; created custom Poor Man's Pinball Podcast coins for tribe members
Tribe member #2, listener #15, hosts Pinball Junk Drawer show for Poor Man's Pinball Network
Host, listener #15/tribe member #2, works in marketing for Department of Defense contractor, Ohio State University Marching Band alumnus, plays trumpet, Buckeye Cruise for Cancer participant, attends G-Fest annually, friends with Chuck and Bug from Spooky Pinball
Guest on episode, referred to as 'Tribe member number 2', shared story about Steve Richie encounter at Free Play Florida
Tribe member #2 on podcast; creates custom intro jingles with Glenn Wechter based on show content; credits as wordsmith
Host of Pinball Junk Drawer podcast on PPN; longtime podcast producer (B-movies) with radio voice; humor-focused content creator
Tribe member of Poor Man's Pinball; recently acquired The Beatles Gold machine; previously had Austin Powers, Doctor Dude, and Woe Nelly
Tribe member, making coins for tribe members (including Eric's member #5 coin), attended Blackbird Bar with tribe
Poor Man's Pinball listener #15; recently moved to Appleton, Wisconsin; enjoys Milwaukee cheese curds
Listener #15 and podcast contributor, attended Freeplay Florida 2019, submitted unsolicited event review
Writer of podcast intro music/script
Pinball community member referenced as having discussed pricing concerns; mentioned as Godzilla enthusiast with same dream theme as Brian
Co-host of Head to Head Pinball Podcast with Joe Lemire; from Australia; wanted weekly episode schedule; different temperament from Joe regarding episode length; now associated with Haggis Pinball; preferred 2-hour episodes
Co-host of Head to Head Pinball Podcast; was considering quitting but continued with Joe Lemire joining
First-time IAAPA attendee from UK; American Pinball salesman; contributed payment systems and VR integration analysis
Editor of Pinball News; attended Pintastic panel; asked question about Stern's market dominance
Editor and founder of Pinball News, independent pinball media outlet; speaks about his 21-year career documenting the pinball industry
GoPinball technician in South England providing pinball repair services; referenced for Jaws flipper repair
Technician from GoPimble; scheduled to visit Gonzo on Tuesday to repair flipper buttons and other mechanical issues on multiple machines before Pin Fest
Co-host of Final Round Pinball Podcast, producer of Reach-A-Rounds awards show
Production artist for Rush (Premium)
Referenced as sub/supporter; Jack mentions running into him and other people's channels
Jack Danger's father; pinball enthusiast who subscribed during stream and participated in chat
Viewer who donated 1,000 bits during stream
Chat viewer/community member; Jack's father, acknowledged during stream
Actor in Planes Trains and Automobiles
City Pinball; co-organizer of the CNE pinball tournament
Toronto-area pinball player who became regular in community after Dan's recruitment efforts. Attended Pinburg 2015 with Jeff, Dan, and Roger Sharp.
Initiated CNEPC concept by contacting CNE about hosting pinball tournament; early organizer
Stern Pinball Production Art Manager; 12-year tenure; oversees playfield and backglass art production, quality control, vendor coordination
Production artist at Stern who created 80s-style logo for video screen, coincidentally similar to Spooky's design
Stern Pinball art/design staff, participates in licensing and development discussion
Stern art department member credited with matching artwork colors in physical production
Stern Pinball artist; creates broadcast graphics for Stern streams and 'Jack streaming graphics'
Art production team member at Stern, newcomer to the team